Anybody use them, like them, dislike them?
interesting article about them
Anybody use them, like them, dislike them?
interesting article about them
In issue #314, Fine Homebuilding published an article titled “The End of Deep Energy Retrofits” by Rachel White of Byggmeister. The premise was that deep energy retrofits are not as…
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I have not used them...but I will now. That is a great article. I have used the nails bostitch makes for Metal Connecting (they work in the n88rh-2mcn gun) and I am extemely impressed with them. But similarly to the hurriquake's, don't mis-nail, cause you are going to be hating life trying to get those things out.
Interesting...thanks for posting!
I checked and they don't have them at our local big boxes but would make sense to use them. I do some teaching to other contractors about hurricane retrofits and these look like they merit some additional attention.
Clemson U. too huh? They are the ones who have the study about gluing down your decking for additional strength.
Mike
We use(d) them when they were called Sheather Plus nails. They made for great shearnailing because with the larger head they are more difficult to overdrive. When we use them now, we use them on garage shearwalls and any that have tighter than 6 and 12 spacing.
Cool stuff. I think there's a video of a hurriquake built wall being pulled apart somewhere on the FHB website. It was a trade show that Justin went to, I think.
I wonder why they're only available on the coast. They'd sure be good for the 2"/6" nail pattern shear walls we have to build in the Bay area.
zak
"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin
"so it goes"
Once the manufacturing capacity for the Hurriquake nails is fully ramped up, they should be available everywhere.Finally an award winning innovation the common person can afford (compared to the 1.2 million dollar Bugatti that graced the cover of the magazine).